Boundaries Lv Easy (Part1)

Generations of mystery and horror ______ have been influenced by the dark, gothic stories of celebrated American author Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849).

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The Alvarez theory, developed in 1980 by physicist Luis Walter Alvarez and his geologist son Walter Alvarez, maintained that the secondary effects of an asteroid impact caused many dinosaurs and other animals to die ______ it left unexplored the question of whether unrelated volcanic activity might have also contributed to the mass extinctions.

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While many video game creators strive to make their graphics ever more ______ others look to the past, developing titles with visuals inspired by the “8-bit” games of the 1980s and 1990s. (The term “8-bit” refers to a console whose processor could only handle eight bits of data at once.)

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In the novel Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe, Okonkwo is a leader of Umuoa (a ctional Nigerian clan) and takes pride in his culture’s traditions. However, when the arrival of European missionaries brings changes to Umuoa, the novel asks a central question: How ______

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At eight paragraphs long, the preamble to the constitution of ______ country in Western Asia—is much longer than the one-paragraph preamble to the United States Constitution.

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Winding through the ice atop Norway’s Jotunheim Mountains is the Lendbreen pass, an ancient route that was used by hunters, farmers, traders, and travelers in the Middle Ages before eventually falling into disuse. Recently, archeologists have ______ knives, horseshoes, wool tunics, and thousands of other artifacts from the icy pass.

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Before the Erie Canal was completed in 1825, transporting goods by wagon between New York City and the Midwest took up to forty-ve days and cost one hundred dollars per ton. By linking the Hudson River to Lake ______ canal reduced transport time to nine days and cut costs to six dollars per ton.

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In 1959, marine biologist Dr. Albert Jones founded the Underwater Adventure Seekers, a scuba diving ______ that is the oldest club for Black divers in the United States and that has helped thousands of diving enthusiasts become certied in the eld.

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A standard Argo oat, a type of autonomous robot, measures temperature and salinity in the upper regions of ice-free oceans. More advanced oats can measure a wider range of ______ and monitor seasonal ice zones.

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A standard Argo oat, a type of autonomous robot, measures temperature and salinity in the upper regions of ice-free oceans. More advanced oats can measure a wider range of ______ and monitor seasonal ice zones.

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Fans of science ction will ______ multiple references to classic sci- stories in Janelle Monáe’s song lyrics, including her recurring nods to the plot of the 1927 sci- lm Metropolis.

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Lucía Michel of the University of Chile observed that alkaline soils contain an insoluble form of iron that blueberry plants cannot absorb, thus inhibiting blueberry growth. If these plants were grown in alkaline soil alongside grasses that aid in iron solubilization, ______ Michel was determined to nd out.

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Award-winning cinematographer James Wong Howe was known for his innovative lming techniques. While lming a boxing match for the movie Body and Soul ______ Howe had a handheld camera operator wear roller skates. This allowed the operator to move smoothly around actors in a boxing ring, creating an immersive experience for viewers.

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In 1976, the Inuit rock group Sikumiut recorded the album People of the Ice. Though only their rst record, it shows a band already skilled at the dicult task of making music that sounds easy and fun. On songs like “Utirumavunga,” Lucassie Koperqualuk’s guitar riffs effortlessly ______ Charlie Adams’s delightfully catchy vocal melodies.

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Both Sona Charaipotra, an Indian American, and Dhonielle Clayton, an African American, grew up frustrated by the lack of diverse characters in books for young people. In 2011, these two writers joined forces to found CAKE Literary, a book packaging ______ specializes in the creation and promotion of stories told from diverse perspectives for children and young adults.

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In 2000, Nora de Hoyos Comstock, herself an owner of a successful consulting rm, sought to increase Latina representation in corporate ______ founded Las Comadres para las Americas, an international community that for over two decades has served as a resource and information network for Latina business professionals.

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In 1959, the lm industry debuted Smell-O-Vision. Theaters were tted with specialized vents that emitted odors at specic points in a ______ as the scent of roses when roses appeared in a scene. Smell-O-Vision failed to impress, however, with one reviewer declaring it “briey weird and not very interesting.”

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Robin Wall Kimmerer of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation is a bryologist, a plant scientist who specializes in mosses. To Kimmerer, mosses are Earth’s most adaptable plants: they can clone ______ enter a dormant state in times of drought, and grow in areas that don’t have soil.

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